Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 9 , Pages 1555-1563 , September 2009

Novel Automated Motion Compensation Technique for Producing Cumulative Maximum Intensity Subharmonic Images

  • Jaydev K. Dave

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
    • School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
    • ,
  • Flemming Forsberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Flemming Forsberg, Ph.D., Department of Radiology, Division of Ultrasound, Suite 763J, Main Building, 132 South 10th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107.

Received 22 August 2008 ,Revised 27 March 2009 ,Accepted 18 April 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.04.016

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 9 , Pages 1555-1563 , September 2009

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